- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
- meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
- Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
- friend
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- Mitsubishi
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- cliff; rock
- mountainous
- 弥 mí: 弥 mi2: full; to fill; completely; more弥 mí: 弥 mi2: brimming or overflowing
- national; state-run; public
- bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- industry; commercial enterprise
- (of a person) leading figure; authority (in a field); (of a company) giant; industry powerhouse
- astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- 荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong
- Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
- bay; cove
- follower; adherent; following
- China
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
- to worship; adoration
- in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- to recount in one's own words; autobiography; written self-introduction
- I; me; my
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- to study abroad
- time; length of time; moment; period
- whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
- tram; streetcar; trolleybus; electric car; e-bike; (in the context of Japan) electric train